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Now's your chance to join us - The Cherry Orchard : October 26-28

For our next production we are planning to stage "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov in the Wessex Theatre at HSDC Alton College on 26-28 October. Some casting is due to begin in the course of April. Anyone who might wish to discuss a possible acting role in this specific production is invited to contact […]

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2023

Rehearsals for The Plague are well under way, with tickets selling rapidly for the three performances. Capacity is limited, in keeping with our tradition of small-scale, intimate productions (well suited for this particular play), so early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment. Preparations for Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard , directed by Michael and Louise Biddiss, […]

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Goodbye '22 - Hello '23

So, 2022 is drawing to a close. It has seen two stage productions by the Fringe, one successful bring-your-own-item evening, and two play-reading evenings - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and A Burial at Thebes - Seamus Heaney's verse translation of Sophocles' Antigone. I suppose we should mention that getting this new website up and running has […]

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Upcoming Play-reading evening

Tues 13 Dec 7:30 The Burial at Thebes - Seamus Heaney's verse translation of Sophocles' Antigone.Led by James - Room 7, Alton Community Centre

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The Plague rehearsals have started with cast read-throughs

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Bring-your own item evening

We have had a delightful bring-your-own-item evening when members brought their choices of poetry and prose to read, or even perform. This was a format which we invented for zoom during the lock-down years and this is the second such session we have done face to face since. As always the choice was eclectic and […]

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